Genius Metals Completes 2022 Drilling Program at Sakami and Announces the Closing of a Private Placement
Genius Metals Completes 2022 Drilling Program at Sakami and
Announces the Closing of a Private Placement
MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC, CANADA — (December 1st , 2022 ) - Genius Metals Inc. (TSXV: GENI ,
OTCQB: GNSMF) (“Genius Metals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the completion of
a 15-hole, 2,456 m drilling program on the Sakami property within the James Bay Territory of
Québec. Thirteen (13) diamond drill holes were collared on specific high -chargeability targets
occurring in the western extension of the GoldenEye showing (Figure 1). All of the 1,458 core
samples collected from this drilling program are currently being assayed in a certified
laboratory. Genius has also completed a non -brokered private placement offering (the “Private
Placement”) for gross proceeds of $635,000.
The western Golden Eye extension expressed significant high chargeability anomalies along a 4
km NE-SW oriented trend similar to that reported over the main showing where previous drilling
yielded gold values of 1.45 g/t Au over 6.0m and 2.53 g/t Au over 1.50m (see Genius’ press-release
of November 10th, 2021 ). The drilled geophysical anomalies were interpreted to be the
intersections of pyrrhotite -pyrite rich zones and pyrite -bearing quartz veins within
metasedimentary rocks (wacke and graphitic claystone ) stratigraphically located at the base of
the Yasinski Group of the La Grande sub-province near the contact with the Opinaca sub-province.
Of the two other holes drilled 6 km to the northeast , o ne targeted the iron formation at the
contact of the La Grande and Opinaca subprovinces and it intersected bands of pyrite/pyrrhotite-
bearing (1 -30%) silicate and sulphide iron formation s intercalated with wa cke and claystone
layers. The other hole located north of the Lamarche contained alternating mafic volcanic and
wacke layers, the latter showing traces of disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite , and
sphalerite.
Click here to view Figure 1 - Location of the 2022 diamond drilled holes collared on the Sakami
property.
Click here to view Figure 2 - Pyrite-pyrrhotite mineralization and quartz veins intersected in
metasedimentary rocks (wacke), western GoldenEye showing, Sakami property.
Financing
The Corporation is also pleased to announce the closing of a non -brokered private placement
offering (the “Private Placement”) of units of the Corporation (each a “Unit”) and common shares
of the Corporation issued as “flow through shares” (each a “Flow Through Share” for gross
proceeds of $634,520. The Corporation will use the net proceeds of the sale of Flow -Through
Shares to incur qualifying expenditures on its Quebec properties, and the net proceeds of the sale
of Units for exploration on its mining properties and for general working capital purposes.
Under the Private Placement, the Corporation issued and sold:
• 5,650,000 Units at a price of $0.05 per Unit, with each such unit being comprised
of one common share of the Corporation (“Common Share”) and one common
share purchase warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Common
Share at an exercise price of $0.15 for a period of twenty-four months; and
• 5,866,999 Flow Through Shares at a price of $0.06 per Flow-Through Share.
In connection with the Private Placement, the Corporation paid finder’s fees to arm’s length third
parties in the amount of $11,340.
All securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement are sub ject to a hold period under
applicable securities laws, which will expire four months plus one day from the date of their
issuance.
Two director and one officer of the Corporation have participated in the Private Placement and
were issued an aggregate of 8 50,333 Flow -Through Shares. Such participation in the Private
Placement is a “related party transaction” as defined in Regulation 61-101 respecting Protection
of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“Regulation 61-101”). The Private Placement
is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of
Regulation 61-101 as neither the fair market value of the securities issued to insiders nor the
consideration for such securities by insiders exceed 25% of the Corporati on’s market
capitalization. The Corporation did not file a material change report 21 days prior to closing of the
Private Placement as the participation of insiders had not been confirmed at that time.
The Private Placement remains subject to the final app roval of the TSX Venture Exchange
(“TSXV”).
Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
Genius Metals implemented a strict QA/QC protocol in processing all 1,458 core samples collected
from the Sakami property. The protocol included the insertion and monitoring of appropriate
reference materials, in this case certified gold standards, blanks and duplicates, to validate the
accuracy and precision of the assay results. For this purpose, blanks, and different gold standards,
i.e., low-grade (Oreas 219 and 233) and high-grade (Oreas 242) CRM were inserted through each
ten (10) samples, representing approximately 12.5% of the total processed. All rock samples were
put in sturdy plastic bags, tagged, and sealed in the field under the supervision of professional
geologists. The sample bags were then put in rice pouches and kept securely in a field tent before
being sent by truck for preparation and analysis to the ALS Minerals laboratories in Val d’Or, QC.
All samples were analyzed using the ME -ICP41 package (Aqua regia with AA finish) for 35
elements. Gold assays were determined by Fire Assay with an atomic absorption finish (method
Au-AA24), whereas whole rock analyses (ma jor + trace elements) were determined via the Li-
borate fusion method (package ME-MS81D).
Qualified Person
The technical information contained in this news release was reviewed and approved by Michel
Boily, Ph.D., P. Geo, qualified person under NI 43-101.
About Genius Metals
Genius Metals is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration
and, if warranted, development of natural resource properties of merit in Canada.
Contact Information
Genius Metals Inc., Tel.: 579-476-7000
Pierre-Olivier Goulet, Vice-President Corporate Development
Email: [email protected]
1-450-821-5270
Guy Goulet
President and CEO
Email: [email protected]
1-514-294-7000
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